Title: Darkness Over Etowaru

Summary: Darkness formed as the Shadow Taika was released from its sleep, ready to detroy Earth. Sakura Kinomoto was the only girl who had magic to seal it again, and Syaoran Li was the only one who knew how. Could they work together and captured the beast? SxS pairing. R&R PLZ!

"Talking"

'Thinking'

(A/N:) – Author's Note

Disclaimer: I don't own Card Captor Sakura...CLAMP does...

A/N: Yay! Second fanfic! Yeah! I hope I'll do good in this one...I have the imagination...it's just...I can't write them out. Oh well, enjoy!

Chapter One: The Beginning

By: Ame-chan

Sakura Kinomoto, 15 of age, was one of the prettiest girls in the land of Etowaru, a peaceful place. She had the softest auburn hair, her eyes a beautiful shade of the forest. She was warm hearted. Never upset with anything or anyone.

Sakura wasn't your average teenager though. She had magic. The only girl with magic. Her father, Fujitaka Kinomoto didn't know about the small secret. Her mother had told her not to tell anyone, except the one who would know how to seal something she called the Shadow Taika. Sakura had asked many times towards her mother what Shadow Taika was, but her mother would always reply "You'll find out soon."

Syaoran Li, 16 of age, was one cute young man in Etowaru, with his messy chestnut hair and his piercing amber eyes. He was liked by most of the girls in the village, but he never really liked the attention. It really bothered him, having a flock of girls run to you every day when you're buying groceries. He wished that these mob of obsessed girls would give it a rest.

Thought he was frustrated all the time, he liked to read the books of magic and spells his father left him. Syaoran was taught how to read them before his father passed away. His father had also known about the Shadow Taika, but was never told what it was. It was unfortunate when his father died. He was called out to look at a ruin with ancient writing on it. But something had triggered the rocks and it collapsed on everybody in the tomb, causing a few deaths.

But Syaoran tried not to concentrate on his memories, he had to study the magic books, so when the time came for him to teach the one with magic, he'd be prepared.

Now, the story begins. Etowaru, was a peaceful land. People buying their groceries, little children playing, everyone was happy. Sakura, was walking happily down one of the dirt roads, looking for a nice place to look for apples and other fruits.

"Hmm..." she hummed happily, looking over some fruits at a stand in the corner. "These look delicious!" Sakura exclaimed, paying the owner some gold coins. "Thank you!" The owner waved and smiled. Such a nice little girl. She continued her way back, looking around, not noticing a hungry amber orbed boy.

Syaoran was walking down the road as well, holding onto his stomach. It growled. "I need to eat..." he mumbled. He closed his eyes and ran his fingers through his hair. He wasn't looking where he was going and bumped into someone.

The person gasped as she dropped her fruits on the floor. Syaoran opened his eyes and looked at the girl who staggered back.

"I'm so sorry! I should have looked where I was going!" Sakura stammered, blushing and picking up her apples. Syaoran knelt down as well, picking up the other apples that were closer to him and handing it back to the young stranger.

"No, I should be sorry. I was closing my eyes, and well...sorry." Syaoran blushed as well, rubbing the back of his head. Sakura smiled. Syaoran was taken by her eyes, the softness that were held in them.

Sakura noticed him stare. "What's wrong?" she asked softly, tilting her head. Syaoran blushed a deeper red.

"N-nothing" the stammering teen looked away. But those eyes were the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen. Whenever he looked in them, he felt warm inside.

Sakura still continued to smile at him. "I'm Sakura Kinomoto!" she chirped, smiling brightly.

"Uh...My name's...Syaoran...Li..." Syaoran tried to keep his voice straight. This girl was nothing like those other girls who follow him everywhere.

"Nice to meet you, Li-san." Sakura replied, hugging her bag of apples. "You can call me Sakura...if you want..." she blushed again. Syaoran smiled at her innocence.

"Then you may call me Syaoran. It was nice meeting you too." They stayed in silence. Not that it was uncomfortable.

"Oh dear, I better get back home before my father gets worried!" Sakura said, her head perking up as she remembered. "I'm sorry Syaoran-kun, but I have to go!" she replied quickly, waving her hand.

"Bye Sakura." Syaoran waved, smiling at her. He watched her run quickly. She was quite pretty and she was probably the sweetest girls he'd ever meet.

Syaoran was so entranced by this young emerald orbed girl, that he forgot all about his hunger and automatically walked back to his house.

As Syaoran entered his small, yet cozy and messy house, he turned on the light in his room and pulled out one of his many books from his father.

He turned to a random page and started reading. 'The only person to seal the Shadow Taika was a certain girl, who possesses magic. Then, she must learn to use her magic at the right time, to seal the Taika back into the shadow lands.' Syaoran yawned.

'The last magician was heard to have auburn hair and emerald eyes. Ever since her death, every 10 generations would possess the same magic. Only then will the Taika awaken once again and try to destroy the world.' he raised a brow. 'Sounds a lot like Sakura...' he put a lot of thought in it. 'Auburn hair, yeah, emerald eyes, yep. Hmm...Maybe...nah! Couldn't be.' he thought, closing the book. Unfortunately, the pictures of the Shadow Taika and the magician was too scratched up to look at.

Ever since Syaoran had met Sakura, he couldn't stop thinking about her. No matter what he did, or thought, Sakura's happy face would pop up in his mind, her angelic voice flowing in his thoughts. He shook his head. He had to relax.

Sakura

"Onii-chan! I'm back! The fruits are on the table. Come and get it yourself!" Sakura shouted, putting the apples on the tabled softly.

Sakura skipped up the stairs (A/N: Is that even possible? O.o) and went into her older brother's room.

Touya, a twenty year old young man, was sitting on his bed, reading his book.

"Onii-chan?" Sakura peeped beside him and sat down. "What are you reading?" she peered over a bit, trying to read a bit of the many paragraphs.

"hmm..." he mumbled, turning the page. Sakura pouted.

"Aren't you going to thank me for buying you apples? You lazy bum." Sakura laughed a little. Touya looked up from his book and smiled at her. He ruffled her hair and said his thank you, putting the book down on his desk.

Touya stood up and stretched as Sakura hopped off his bed and smiled. She followed him down the stairs to grab an apple herself. She loved the sweet, juicy fruit, it always made her happy.

Sakura decided to take a walk, it was nice and cool out, but she didn't mind. But during the whole stroll, she had this bad feeling itching in her mind. No matter what she thought about, the feeling wouldn't go away.

Shadow Lands

A large dark egg sat in the middle of the Shadow Island. The place where the last magician sealed the Shadow Taika, 10 generations before. Now that the next 10 generations have past, this egg was about to be broken and let the horrible beast open its eyes to the world.

There, at midnight, the egg cracked, letting cool air seep into the small space inside. And in the small space, lay a black monster curled up. As the shells of the barrier cracked more and fell apart, exposing the full moon inside, the Shadow Taika lifted its head, the sharp red eyes opening and looking around. He stretched its large layered wings and flapped a few times. Then he lifted his body up, revealing a red symbol on its stomach.

Shadow Taika growled and roared towards the moon and started to fly out and circled the island, getting ready to destroy the lives of any living being. But his main target would be the magician. He would kill her and remain alive forever, to rule the world and make the Earth a miserable place, full of mean shadows and killers, killing any innocent lives that crossed their path.

Killing the innocent was always a fun job to do, seeing people cry and scream in pain, it was music to his ears.

Sakura

Sakura woke up suddenly, a bead of sweat formed on the side of her face. That dream seemed so real. It haunted her. Somehow, she had this aching feeling that this dark creature was the Shadow Taika. It must have been.

The emerald orbed girl went out of bed and went to the small kitchen to get a glass of water. She drank it slowly, feeling the cold trail inside her body.

Sakura sighed. She still had the bad feeling nagging her, it never left her senses. Perhaps this dream was a premonition. Maybe this so called Shadow Taika was awakening, as she knew that this creature was a great harm to the people. Maybe he awakened and was ready to make the world a living hell.

To Be Continued...

A/N: Haha! How was that for a first chappie? I hope it was okay. ... Anyways, please review this one, I kinda like the plot for this one...lolz...

Ame-chan